Arts

On Arts Wednesday 5 December 2018, Sylvia’s guest was Beatrice Gralton, Head Curator of Visual Arts at Carriageworks, talking about the astonishing exhibition, Until, by American artist, Nick Cave. [...]Read More... from Until by Nick Cave with Sylvia Rosenblum

Barbara Lasserre’s latest book is called Words That Go Ping and subtitled The ridiculously wonderful world of onomatopoeia. And a wonderful world it is! Barbara was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 18 November 2018. Learn about words that sound like the action described and how those actions – such as a heartbeat – are expressed [...]Read More... from Words That Go Ping: Onomatapoeia with Sylvia Rosenblum

What a pleasure to have Director Dino Dimitriadis and actress Di Adams come in to chat on Arts Tuesday. ‘All My Sleep and Waking’ is a new play written by Mary Rachel Brown, and in this podcast we get Dino & Di’s insight into this wonderful play. It starts previewing at Old 505 Theatre on [...]Read More... from Interview with Dino Dimitriadis and Di Adamson Arts Tuesday

During  September/November 2018, Arts Wednesday hosted its second series for the year of Sydney By Design with prominent architect, Ed Lippmann. This 6-part series looks at how technology has changed building, buildings and architecture from our days in caves through to the 21st century. Part 1: Ed introduces the series with a précised of episodes [...]Read More... from Ed Lippmann on Technology and Architecture with Sylvia Rosenblum

On Arts Wednesday 21 November 2018, antiques expert joined Sylvia in conversation about porcelain: what it is, its history and a focus on English porcelain. [...]Read More... from Alan Landis on Porcelain with Sylvia Rosenblum

Entomologist Bryce Peters may well be the only person on earth who likes cockroaches. Find out why in this conversation. As summer is upon us, Sylvia took the opportunity to talk about those creepy crawlies we hate the most. [...]Read More... from Creepy Crawlies with Sylvia Rosenblum

Miss Docker is one of Nobel Laureate Patrick’s White’s most memorable creations. She and her neighbours are as hilarious and peculiar as they are uncannily familiar. Together, this pioneering text and marvellous characters take us on a dizzying ride through suburban Australia, exploring the meaning of morality, mortality and the need for belonging in A [...]Read More... from Jay James-Moody From STC’s A Cheery Soul

Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s political thriller, a masterpiece of intrigue and treachery. Stand witness to the assassination that leads to a life and death struggle for power in the Republic. Citizens mutiny, Mark Antony schemes, and the fate of Rome hangs in the balance. Gaz Simpson and Diana Simmonds invited actor Russell Smith into Arts Tuesday [...]Read More... from Russell Smith and Bell Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Exhibitions Co-ordinator at The Australian Musee, Fran Dorey, was Sylvia’s guest on Arts Wednesday 7 November 2018, talking about Whales/Tohora, a new exhibition at the museum. For centuries, whales have captured our imaginations. We have revered and mythologised them, hunted them to the brink of extinction and passionately protected them. But how much do we [...]Read More... from Fran Dorey on Whales/Tohora with Sylvia Rosenblum

The west-African drum, the djembe, was the subject of Sylvia’s conversation with djembe master, Saul Smith, on Arts Wednesday 31 October 2018. Saul teaches us about the history of the instrument, how it’s played, how it’s made and how it is used. Interspersed in the conversation are tracks from his album Rhythms of Life. [...]Read More... from Saul Smith on the djembe with Sylvia Rosenblum

When the future of the world as we know it becomes increasingly less predictable, what sort of education should we be giving our young people? What skills will they need to equip them for uncertainty? On Arts Wednesday 24 October 2018, Sylvia’s guest was Professor Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research, [...]Read More... from Professor Geoff Masters on NSW Curriculum Review with Sylvia Rosenblum

Valley Artists is proud to announce that its next major production will be the premiere of Australian playwright Noel Hodda’s latest work, The Sculpture Garden. The Sculpture Garden will be directed by Bob Philippe, who also directed – to popular acclaim – Valley Artists’ 2013 premiere of Noel’s play Across the Water, a story of age, loss, recriminations and regrets, acceptance and love. [...]Read More... from Arts Tuesday- Interview with Neil Hodda and Mary Rachel Brown

Interview on Arts Thursday Eastside 89.7 about the Hermitage Exhibition at Art Gallery of NSW [...]Read More... from Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage

Arts Thursday 4th October 2018 The Horizon Apartments in Darlinghurst – designed by the late architect Harry Seidler on the site of the former ABC studios and offices has just celebrated its 20th anniversary. Two of the Horizon residents, Peter Morton (who once worked in the ABC studios) and architect Mark Broadley (Chairman of the [...]Read More... from MODERN MASTERSPIECE

David Coles is a master paint maker, using traditional pigments to create gorgeous oil paints for artists. In his recently published book, Chromatopia, he explores the history of colour. In this conversation, Sylvia focuses on the toxicity of so many pigments and the variety of black pigments. [...]Read More... from David Coles on Chromatopia with Sylvia Rosenblum

Australia’s vast and unspoiled Kimberley region is under threat, as mining, pastoralism and irrigated agriculture drive an unprecedented land grab. Award-winning director Nicholas Wrathall investigates the politics of an area branded Australia’s “future economic powerhouse” with the highest percentage of Aboriginal people living on Country. Undermined: Tales from The Kimberley follows young Indigenous leader Albert [...]Read More... from UNDERMINED: TALES FROM THE KIMBERLEY + Q&A

Tim Brown has been involved with Meditation and teaching meditation for over 20 years. Tim sat down with Virginia Lowe on Arts Thursday to chat about his journey so far, which involves a trip to Uzbekistan, Vedic Meditation, mantra’s and more. You can find out more about Tim Brown via his website: https://timbrownmeditation.com/   [...]Read More... from Virginia Lowe talks to Tim Brown on Meditation

During the course of August and September 2018, Professor Geraint Lewis, Professor of astrophysics at Sydney University, made a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with a 6-part series entitled The Science of Science Fiction. Listen to all six episodes here. If you would like to hear more, this is the link to the podcast of [...]Read More... from Geraint Lewis on The Science of Science Fiction with Sylvia Rosenblum

The Sydney Architecture Festival 2018 featured distinguished architecture writer, academic and commentator, New Yorker, Karen Stein, who gave the closing address about what architecture is and isn’t. She joined Sylvia in the studio with distinguished Sydney architect, Arts Wednesday’s own Ed Lippmann in discussion. [...]Read More... from What is Architecture? Karen Stein and Ed Lippmann with Sylvia Rosenblum

On Arts Wednesday 26 September 2018, Professor Zdenka Kuncic was Sylvia’s guest, talking about AI and where it is headed. AI now can only perform tasks programmed by a human, but what about AIs that can think for themselves? Is this brave, new world something to embrace or something to fear? [...]Read More... from AI, the Future and Us with Sylvia Rosenblum